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China’s is now one of the most closely watched economies in the world, with analysts (and journalists) pouring over the data produced by the government and private organizations hoping to understand more about how the country is changing. But do the figures really tell us what we think they do? Matthew Crabbe addresses the issue in his book “Myth-Busting China’s Numbers”, and will share with the FCCC his thoughts on how data coming out of China is misinterpreted and often misrepresents the real situation.

Wednesday, November 5, 9:30am-11am“China By Numbers: Getting a Clearer Picture”Matthew Crabbe, Co-Founder, Access Asia
Foreign Correspondent’s Club of ChinaGerman Centre for Industry and Trade | 80 RMB | Open to Public | Registration

China’s is now one of the most closely watched economies in the world, with analysts (and journalists) pouring over the data produced by the government and private organizations hoping to understand more about how the country is changing. But do the figures really tell us what we think they do? Matthew Crabbe addresses the issue in his book “Myth-Busting China’s Numbers”, and will share with the FCCC his thoughts on how data coming out of China is misinterpreted and often misrepresents the real situation.

Matthew Crabbe is co-founder of research company Access Asia, where he worked exhaustively on trying to make sense of the myriad contradictions in statistics on the consumer markets in China. He has conducted detailed analysis on China’s retail sales for many years, working to highlight how China’s official retail figures do not reflect the real size of the country’s domestic consumer economy. He is the co-author of two books and has written hundreds of reports on China’s consumer markets over two decades.